Tales from FAR Manor

The current Twitter tempest, at least in the writing world, swirls around the issue of paid reviews. In a rare moment of unity, both the ind...

Lake Michigan was unusually calm while I was in Manitowoc, and that was one more reason to take the freshwater ocean route to Michigan via t...

Awwww… So it was just over two weeks ago when I loaded a tote bag, computer bag, camera bag, and cooler into Daughter Dearest’s car and ...

The conclusion! (I’ll add the Part 3 link when I get home from vacation.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 After a few minutes, Monica came d...

I’m so glad for scheduled blog posts, I won’t have to worry about this on vacation. Part 1 Part 2 “Yes, one of the passengers looks...

In case you missed it: Part 1 “Robert Germain?” “Yes.” Robert had a bad feeling about this — the caller ID said “US STATE DEPT” and ...

Launch Cannon! Source:  openclipart.org Finally! I’ve been busy with the Launch Cannon the last few days. Amazon’s always an easy targe...

A strange little four-parter I found in my archives… Image source: openclipart.org What a stroke of luck! Monique thought, looking ...

Big news: I received the final White Pickups edits on Sunday! I’m off to a slow start, but am cranking away. Wife is throwing every wrenc...

And we bring this story to a close. In case you’ve missed the earlier pieces, here they are: Let It Be  (There Will Be an Answer) Times ...

At long last, I pick up the thread I left off back in April. If you haven’t read the earlier parts, you probably should, because this is an ...

Yesterday morning, I’d set up the co-worker with my MacBook Pro because his Dozebox wouldn’t open the files he needed to work on. I had two ...

Source: openclipart.org “Evenin’, Art,” the waitress greeted him. “Coke?” “I’m off-duty, Tina,” said the sheriff. “How ‘bout a Bud? W...

Every time I sit down to write a blog post, it seems like I get distracted by shiny writing things. So, let’s start by welcoming the newest ...

This is based on a prompt by Eric Krause : “A tiny planet declares independence from the intergalactic empire.” The planet’s name and design...

There’s been a spate of posts lately, criticizing how women are drawn in comic books. I join the dog-pile… Our newscaster was featured ear...

Pulling a few things together into one post… One corner of the back yard, directly behind the downstairs bathroom(s), is one of those sp...

Here’s another fairy tale from the world of Accidental Sorcerers . This time, a young Mik hears a story… Mother came to the bed. “Why a...

At long last, I’ve received the edits for White Pickups . Or half of them, at least. It’s not that I’ve done nothing while waiting—she gave ...